Volunteer
Teach a skill, mentor, run mock interviews or help at an event.
Ways to volunteer →
Get involved
Get Involved
Become part of the change.
Reentry and recovery are community work. There is a role here for a few hours a month, for an organization looking to coordinate, for an employer with a position to fill, and for a funder who wants their money to reach the ground.
Four ways in
Find the one that fits what you have
Time, reach, jobs or funding. Every one of these makes a different part of the work possible.
Partner
For agencies, faith communities, civic groups and other nonprofits.
Become a partner →Hire
Pre-screened, motivated candidates through Second Chance Staffing.
Employer partnerships →Give
Fund the work directly, or donate the goods our participants need.
Ways to give →
Volunteer
Bring the skill you already have
The most useful volunteers are not the ones who know reentry. They are the ones who know something concrete — how a budget works, how an interview goes, how to fix a résumé — and are willing to show up on a schedule.
Consistency matters more than hours. A person who comes every other Tuesday for six months is worth more to a participant than a large group that comes once.
Ask about volunteering
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A volunteer working one-on-one with a participant at a table, papers between them
Teach a life skills class
Financial literacy, communication, conflict resolution, goal setting or time management. Bring the subject; we handle the room and the participants.
Mentor one-on-one
Meet with the same participant on a regular schedule and be a steady presence while they rebuild. Training and boundaries are covered before you start.
Run mock interviews
Sit on the other side of the table so the first real interview is not the first one. Especially valuable if you have hired people before.
Review résumés
Work through résumés and applications with participants in our workforce development program, including how to speak about a record honestly.
Lend a professional skill
Accounting, legal, IT, design, grant writing. Small organizations run on donated expertise, and a few hours from the right person goes a long way.
Help at events and drives
Setup, sorting donations, staffing a table, cooking, cleanup. Good for groups, and a straightforward first way to see the work up close.
How it starts
What happens after you reach out
No application to fill out and no waiting to hear back. It starts with a conversation.
You call or email
Tell us what you would like to do and roughly when you are free. If you are not sure what you would be good at, say that instead — that is a normal place to start.
We sit down together
A short conversation at our High Street office about the work, what you are walking into and what would suit you. Usually under half an hour.
Orientation
What to expect from participants, where the boundaries are and why confidentiality is not optional. Short, practical, and it protects everybody.
You get matched
We place you with a program and a schedule that fits, and you have a staff contact from then on. If it turns out not to fit, we find you something else.
Partner with us
Organizations that make the whole thing work
For county agencies, treatment providers, faith communities, civic groups, schools and other nonprofits working the same streets we do.
Refer the people you cannot serve
Case managers, probation officers and discharge planners send us clients whose needs cross employment, housing and recovery at the same time. Call and describe the situation; we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit.
Take the referrals we cannot serve
Partnership runs both directions. When someone needs specialized treatment, legal help or a service outside our scope, we want somewhere real to send them.
Bring a service to our space
Hold a clinic, a benefits enrollment session, a legal aid hour or a licensing workshop at our office. Meeting people where they already come removes the transportation barrier that kills most appointments.
Sponsor or fund a program
Businesses, congregations and foundations can underwrite a specific program rather than giving into a general fund. You will know what your money paid for.
Open your congregation or membership
Faith communities and civic groups reach volunteers, employers and landlords we cannot reach on our own. Introductions are worth as much as donations.
Collaborate on funding
We are open to joint applications and shared-outcome grants with partners whose programs complement ours. Reach out early in the cycle, not the week before.
Photo needed
Handshake at the end of a job interview, or a first day on a partner worksite
For employers
Fill the position, keep the hire
Second Chance Staffing connects you with pre-screened, motivated candidates who have been through job readiness training before they reach your interview.
Support does not stop at the offer letter. Hiring incentives and retention support come with the placement, so when something comes up in the first few months you have someone to call who already knows the person.
Employer partnerships
Ways to give
Money moves fastest, but it is not the only thing we need
Tiff Top Community Solutions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and every donation gets a receipt.
Give once
A single gift, any amount, going straight into the programs that are running now.
Donate today →Give monthly
Recurring gifts are the ones that let us commit to a participant past this month. Predictable income is what turns a program into a service.
Set up monthly giving →Give goods
Interview and work clothing, boots and safety gear, hygiene supplies, bus passes, gift cards for groceries and gas, household basics for a first apartment.
Ask what we need →Before you drop off a donation
Please call ahead on 614-502-0396. We are a small organization with limited storage, and a quick call means what you bring is something we can actually use and place. Our hours are Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm, at 1511 S. High St.
Looking for help yourself?
You are on the wrong page, and that is easy to fix
This page is for people who want to support the work. If you or someone in your family needs housing, work or support in recovery, we have a page written for you.
There is no form to fill out. Call 614-502-0396 or come to 1511 S. High St between 10am and 6pm, Monday to Friday, and you will talk to a person.
Looking for services?Family and friends
If you are trying to help someone else, you are welcome to call and ask questions on their behalf. We will tell you what we can and what the person needs to do themselves.
What we cannot do is enroll someone who has not decided to come in. That first step has to be theirs.
Tell us what you would like to do
Volunteer, partner, hire or give — the next step is the same. Call us or send a message and we will take it from there.
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